1.   As the rest of Asia reels from currency collapses and economic crises, Taiwan Inc. is opening its checkbook.

2.   Banks fell for a fourth day on concern bad loans may balloon as currencies collapse throughout Southeast Asia.

3.   Because of the currency collapse, products made in Asia are suddenly much cheaper.

4.   A recession arrived, perhaps exacerbated by currency collapse in Germany and an earthquake that devastated Japan.

5.   But that can be expensive, since the companies borrowed heavily to make acquisitions before the Asian currency collapse and are now paying sky-high interest rates.

6.   By proposing that countries move to freely floating rates, Sachs hopes to minimize the possibility of sudden currency collapses.

7.   Experts said Thailand and South Korea were on the road to recovery, having already borne much of the pain of the currency collapse.

8.   Independently, John Freeman at the University of Minnesota has shown that the CCC is also a strong predictor of currency collapse.

9.   On this basis, Brazil and Mexico are still extremely vulnerable to a currency collapse and the economic crisis that would follow.

10.   Russia has lurched through plenty of scares in the last seven years, ranging from currency collapses and government reshuffles to tax collection shortfalls and unsustainably high interest rates.